A sword-wielding man dressed as a ninja attacked several special operations soldiers who were training at a California airport, reportedly forcing them to shelter in a hangar and inflicting wounds that required stitches.
J.p. Lawrence
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J.p. Lawrence
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Southwest Minnesota reporter for the @StarTribune.
Formerly: @starsandstripes, @ExpressNews, @timesunion, @columbiajourn @bardcollege, sergeant in @usarmy.
- Replying to @ArmyStrangHeld this one in my hand at RSHQ in Kabul in 2019
- Replying to @DanielGHajjarReally don't think Americans realize how huge Shakira is world wide. (Maybe it's because of the FIFA song, but who knows!) At clubs in Uganda, at gyms and parties in Afghanistan, in the car on the way to the beach in the Philippines, I've seen people put Shakira on.
- K-pop star Kang Young Hyun serving with US Army wins Best Warrior competition in South Korea He is a member of DAY6, a pop rock band represented by JYP Entertainment. Story for @starsandstripes by @choibboy. stripes.com/theaters/asia_…
- Replying to @ShamsCharaniaNeurologically intact: Having no damage or injury to the nerves or nervous system that otherwise may cause one to not be able to function in the neurological sense.
- At an academic conference in Herat, Afghanistan. The Afghan version of "I have more of a comment than a question" is "I would like to read from a famous poem..."
- Replying to @Anarcho_Cyclist and @GreatCheshirePeople used to just recite movie quotes out loud on the off chance the other people 1. Recognized the reference and 2. Would find the repetition of the quote funny
- Reading court docs of the Marine who firebombed that Planned Parenthood clinic was wild. The profile: Smart, raised upper-class in Orange County, supportive stepdad, mom a clinical psychologist. High school atheist club. Converted adult Tradcath. Autism/ADHD. Terminally online.
- Replying to @blackpoeticfire and @JohnnyNeff_new disney+ series inbound
- In New Ulm, Minn., where they’re dumping 800 tons of sand on a downtown street to transform it into a beach. It’s for a sand volleyball tourney.
- A US embassy staffer holds an American flag that he saved from burning. Staffers were told to destroy/sanitize American flags and items that could be used for propaganda value by the Taliban. This staffer said it felt meaningful to him to keep this flag. @starsandstripes
- 19 is the number of missiles and drones shot down by the USS Carney in the northern Red Sea on Thursday, a defense official said today in an update. 4 land air cruise missiles 15 UAVs Additional piece of info for this story by Doug Ware in @starsandstripes.
